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Our teams design and develop the hardware and software that connect infrastructure, accelerate computational workloads, integrate across the stack, protect data continuity, and deliver the platforms, applications, and diagnostics our customers rely on every day at enterprise scale.\nSome product builders follow the rules. Ours rewrite them.\nWithin ISG, innovation isn't just about creating new technology- it's about challenging assumptions and reimagining how work gets done. Engineers define intent, author precise specifications, and orchestrate AI agents that execute at speed and scale. AI is embedded throughout our development process, helping us move faster, learn quicker, and deliver greater impact. Yet the most important contribution remains uniquely human: deciding what to build, designing how it should work, and applying the judgment needed to earn our customers' trust. When your products power critical infrastructure around the world, that responsibility matters.\nWe move quickly toward the work that matters most. We reward experimentation, encourage bold thinking, and remove unnecessary barriers so great ideas can become reality faster. Our teams embrace a customer-first, first-to-market mindset, transforming rapid feedback into better products and better outcomes. We aren't looking for people who are content with the status quo- we look for builders who question it, improve it, and occasionally rewrite it.\nIf you're energized by solving complex systems challenges, excited to work alongside AI to amplify your impact, and motivated by the opportunity to shape what's next instead of simply maintaining what's been done before, you'll find your place here.\nJoin us and help build the future of enterprise technology.\nMechanical Principal Engineer-Data Center Solutions\nMechanical Engineering leads and delivers the development of innovative and compliant mechanical design solutions. Our team conducts the analysis, feasibility studies and testing of mechanical products, instruments, subassemblies and packaging for new and existing products - and then oversees the introduction of design changes to the manufacturing organizations.\nWhat you’ll achieve:\nAs a Mechanical Principal Engineer- Data Center Solutions, you will own complex mechanical designs, conduct detailed analyses, and prepare test plans to validate function, reliability, and compliance. You will coordinate with manufacturing and resolve build issues.\nJoin us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Mechanical Principal Engineer-Data Center Solutions on our Mechanical Engineering team in Round Rock, Texas (relocation assistance available).\n You will:\nPartner with key AI customers, sales teams, and cross-functional engineering groups to develop customer-specific data center infrastructure, high-density rack solutions, and AI platform configurations.\n\nDesign, integrate and validate mechanical and thermal systems for air- and liquid-cooled platforms, utilizing CAD tools, engineering analysis, and data center architecture expertise\n\nCollaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and external partners to deliver solutions on schedule to meet customer requirements\n\nDrive production implementation of mechanical, thermal, and configuration changes, ensuring manufacturability, scalability, serviceability, and deployment readiness\n\nSupport AI factory and rack-scale infrastructure initiatives by evaluating new technologies, optimizing performance and manufacturability, and enabling successful production ramp and customer deployment\n\n Take the first step towards your dream career\nEvery Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. 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